Early Addition: No, a Minion didn't die for your sins

James Ramsay

Published Aug 30, 2024

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a minion float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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James Ramsay

Published Aug 30, 2024

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where we still have about 400 miles of sidewalks covered in scaffolding.

Here's what else is happening:

It's not just rat-infested dining sheds — even unpermitted little two-tops outside city restaurants are getting shut down by inspectors.
The Mets-Willets Point 7 train station right next to the U.S. Open is still not accessible, nearly a decade after the MTA pledged to install elevators.
Police this week successfully freed a kitten that had been trapped in a Staten Island storm drain.
The mood was sour at the Nvidia quarterly earnings watch party at this bar in Chelsea.
Here's how Bradley Beach, a Jersey Shore town just south of Asbury Park, became known as "Chinatown by the Sea" back in the 1940s.
The World Health Organization is warning about a drop in condom use among young people.
Kamala Harris' ultrawealthy donors are urging her to scrap her plan to tax the ultrawealthy.
Today, Explained got to the bottom of why so many TikTok users are pointing out that a Minion didn't die for your sins, but Jesus did.
King Charles revealed last week that he's feeling "not too bad" amid his cancer treatments — so why hasn't he knighted Gary Oldman yet?
And finally, let's get into it: